Team Games:

June 29 - July 3, 2005
Free for spectators. See descriptions for participation fees.

Canoe Races/Double:
Wednesday June 29, at Wadsworth Park, Great Falls
Ten canoes with two people in each canoe will race a quarter mile water course. There will be three heats to a category and six categories. The first two canoes in each heat will advance. Categories include: Youth: 8 – 11 year olds; Youth: 12 – 14 year olds; Youth: 15 – 17 year olds; Men: 18 – 39 years old; Women: 18 – 39 years old: Coed: 40 years and older. Competition Fees: $5 adult; $3 youth.
Heat times: Over 40 - 9:00am; Women 18-39 - 10:00am; Men 18-39 - 11:00am; Youth 8-11 - 2:00pm; Youth 12-14 - 3:00pm; Youth 15-17 - 4:00pm

Canoe Races/Teams:
Wednesday June 29, at Wadsworth Park, Great Falls
One canoe with 12 paddlers race a ½ mile water course. One canoe goes at a time and each race is timed allowing eight teams to compete per category. Categories include: Coed: 14 – 17 years old; Men: 18 years and older; Women 18 years and older; Coed: 40 years and older. Competition Fees: $36/team ($3/person)
Start times: Over 40 - 11:00am; Women - 1:00pm; Men -2:00pm; youth 14-17 - 4:00pm.

Shinney:
June 30 -July 3, at Montana ExpoPark, Great Falls
Shinney is played with willow sticks and is played using field hockey rules. A rectangular goal with a 5 foot span and 5 foot height will be at end of the playing field. Teams consist of eight players. The playing ball will be deer hair stuffed with tanned deer hide. Categories: Coed Youth: 8 - 11 year olds; Coed Youth: 12 - 15 year olds. Competition Fees: $10/team. 12:00pm-4:00pm daily

Traditional Lacrosse:June 30 -July 3, at Montana ExpoPark, Great Falls

Lacrosse is played on a round field with a 21-foot tall pole placed in the center of the field. Atop the pole is a goal piece (carving of deer skull) or two ribbons defining a goal area on the pole. The object of the game is to propel a ball from the net pocket of the lacrosse stick into the goal area on the pole. Categories: : Coed Youth: 8 - 11 year olds; Coed Youth: 12 to 15 year olds. Competition Fees: $10/team youth.
4:00pm-8:00pm daily.

Doubleball:June 30 -July 3, at Montana ExpoPark, Great Falls
Doubleball is played with willow sticks with a goal 10 feet wide and 10 feet high. There are eight athletes on each team. Categories: Coed Youth: 8 - 11 year olds; Coed Youth: 12 to 15 year olds. Competition Fees: $10/team youth.
8:00am-12:00pm daily

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Arrow Throw Competition (Crow Version):
July 2 - 3, at Montana ExpoPark, Great Falls
This game is competed with teams of two. One team competes against another team in a single elimination round. The playing field is 35 yards long for 18 year olds and younger. The playing field is 40 yards long for the older competitors. Both team players cast long arrows (about 5 feet in length) at a target on the ground. Then the second team tosses. Points are awarded for closest to the center of the target. Categories: Boys Youth: 10 - 17 year olds; Men 18+;. Competition Fees: $20/team.
2:00pm-5:00pm.

Hoop and dart:
June 30 - July 3, at Montana ExpoPark, Great Falls
Competing teams of ten athletes line up along the length of both sides of a 30-foot alleyway and attempt to throw their darts through a netted hoop that is thrown to roll down the alley. The game will use the Salish Hoop. Contestants whose darts stay in the hoop when it stops are awarded points -- 5 points for the center; 1 point anywhere else in the net. The hoop throw will alternate between the two ends of the alleyway. Teh darts are approximately 18 inches long. Each team member has one dart, so only one throw/contestant (10 throws per team) is allowed for each throw of the hoop. Teams play four games in a day the first two days. The aggregate core determines the team's seeding for the single eliminationtorunament on the last two days.Categories: Coed Youth: 8 - 11 year olds; Coed Youth: 12 to 14 year olds; Coed Youth: 15 – 17 year olds; Men's: 18 years and older; Women's: 18 years and older; Coed Team: 40 years and older. Competition Fees: $5.00/adult/event try; $1.00/youth/event try. Teams must pay each time they re-compete, but are not charged for the finals on Sunday.